James Patrick "Jim" Moran Jr. (born May 16, 1945 in Buffalo, New York) has represented the 8th congressional district of Virginia since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Moran was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Natick, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Boston. His brother, Brian Moran is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates and was a candidate for Governor of Virginia in the 2009 election. He attended Marian High School in Framingham, Massachusetts, the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Pittsburgh, graduating with a master's degree in Public Administration. Voters elected him to the Alexandria, Virginia, City Council in 1979. He served as deputy mayor from 1982 to 1984, when he resigned as part of a Nolo contendere plea bargain to a misdemeanor conflict of interest charge, which courts later erased. Moran subsequently ran successfully for Mayor of Alexandria in 1985.

In 1990, Moran won the Democratic nomination for the 8th District. Due to his popularity as mayor of Alexandria, he defeated 10-year incumbent Republican Stanford Parris by seven points. Mary "Mame" Reiley was instrumental in persuading (then) Mayor of Alexandria James Moran to run for Congress in 1989 later serving as his communications director during the campaign, and eventually serving as his chief of staff from 1991 to 1996. After the 1990 census, most of the more Republican areas were drawn into the newly created 11th District, and Moran hasn't faced serious opposition since. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. In 1998, during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Moran was one of 31 House Democrats who voted with Republicans to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton. During his time in the House, Moran has been involved in a few controversies related to personal financial dealings with lobbyists and business interests. He served as the chief Democratic sponsor of a bankruptcy reform bill after a major credit card issuer gave him a large home equity loan under favorable terms. Moran contended in press accounts that his support for the bankruptcy bill had nothing to do with this loan.